ECFS Divisional Calendars
Click your divisional link below to view the calendar, and subscribe in your calendar app to get the latest updates. Each calendar includes both division-specific and all school events.
The 2025–2026 ECFS Short Calendar
| Monday 8/18 | Fall sports begin |
| Monday 8/25–Friday 8/29 | New faculty/staff orientation |
| Monday 9/1 | Labor Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 9/2–Wednesday 9/3 | Faculty/staff opening of school meetings |
| Thursday 9/4 | First day of school |
| Tuesday 9/23–Wednesday 9/24 | Rosh Hashanah; School closed |
| Thursday 10/2 | Yom Kippur; School closed |
| Monday 10/13 | Indigenous Peoples’ Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 10/14 | Faculty/staff professional development day; no classes for students |
| Monday 10/20 | Diwali; School closed |
| Wednesday 11/26–Sunday 11/30 | Fall Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 12/1 |
| Monday 12/22–Sunday 1/4 | Winter Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 1/5 |
| Monday 1/19 | Martin Luther King Jr. Day; School closed |
| Monday 2/9 | Faculty/staff professional development day; no classes for students |
| Monday 2/16 | Presidents Day; School closed |
| Tuesday 2/17 | Lunar New Year; School closed |
| Friday 3/20 | Eid al-Fitr; School closed; date subject to change based on the lunar calendar |
| Monday 3/23–Sunday 4/5 | Spring Recess; School closed; classes will resume on Monday 4/6 (Passover and Good Friday fall within these dates) |
| Friday 5/1 | Founder’s Day; full day for Ethical Culture and Fieldston Lower; 12:30pm dismissal for Middle and Upper School |
| Monday 5/25 | Memorial Day; School closed |
| Friday 5/29 | Upper School Commencement 10:00am; No classes for Upper School students; 12:00pm dismissal for Middle School students |
| Tuesday 6/9 | Last day of classes; 12:00pm dismissal for all grades; Middle School Moving Up Ceremony, 4:00pm |
| Wednesday 6/10 | Fieldston Lower Graduation, 10:00am; Ethical Culture Graduation, 2:00pm |
| Friday 6/19 | Juneteenth; School closed |
